Matanzas

CARICOM offers deepest condolences to Cuba following deadly fire

Published on: August 8, 2022
18:23

Georgetown, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM, in Spanish) on Monday offered its deepest condolences to Cuba for the death of at least one person following a blast in the Matanzas oil storage tank.

Costa Rica in solidarity with Cuba in face of deadly fire

Published on: August 8, 2022
18:03

San José, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica on Monday expressed its solidarity with the Cuban families of the Matanzas large-scale fire victims.

Cuba thanks solidarity assistance offers from US people,organizations

Published on: August 8, 2022
17:47

Havana, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío on Monday thanked the solidarity assistance offers received from US people and organizations, as Cuba is currently facing up a deadly fire.

Continental Solidarity Network calls regional movements to aid Cuba

Published on: August 8, 2022
16:36

San José, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Latin American and Caribbean movements, coordinators, groups and committees in solidarity with Cuba are called to aid Cuba with supplies and medicines in order to treat those people affected by the Matanzas deadly fire.

Panamanian FM expresses solidarity with Cuba in face of Matanzas fire

Published on: August 8, 2022
16:13

Panama City, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes expressed her solidarity with Cuba following an oil storage tank fire in the city of Matanzas, according to an official message. On Twitter, Mouynes said her solidarity message was conveyed on Sunday to her Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez as he was present at new Colombian President Gustavo Petro´s inauguration.

Today is a crucial day, Cuban President says

Published on: August 8, 2022
11:14

Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that "today is a crucial day," referring to the arduous work being carried out to extinguish a fire at the supertankers terminal in the bay of Matanzas, western Cuba.

Intense work in Cuba to quell huge fire

Published on: August 8, 2022
08:28

Havana, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban authorities and firefighters worked ardously over night trying as much as possible to contain the flames at the Matanzas supertanker terminal, after the collapse last night of a second fuel tank and the explosion of a third.

Cuba reports that third fuel tank has not collapsed

Published on: August 8, 2022
08:24

Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The Matanzas Provincial Defense Council on Monday reported that the third fuel tank has not collapsed due to the fire at the Supertanker Base of this city.

Huge fire injures nearly fifty people in Matanzas, Cuba

Published on: August 6, 2022
07:48

Havana, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Almost fifty people were injured due to the large-scale fire that continues to rage today in the western Cuban province of Matanzas, where new explosions happened.

Cuban president congratulates academic institution on anniversary

Published on: May 9, 2022
12:36

Havana, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday congratulated the faculty, students and workers of the University of Matanzas, in western Cuba, on its 50th anniversary.

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